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[BrickBob Studpants]

23 minutes ago, RaichuKing263 said:

It's not right to have this Mega political set

Says the guy who photoshopped a MAGA hat on a Jay minifig  

It’s only political if you make it political. And TLG may release whatever they please, they don’t have to justify it. If you feel it breaks their “rules”, too bad. It’s their own self-imposed guidelines, not a law. If they decide to change them, so be it. They’ve done so before and will do it again  

[Darkdragon]

@williejm and @RaichuKing263 Stop the bickering about your political differences. If you can't focus on the LEGO itself then it's time to just step away from the thread. Thanks.

[Karalora]

Poor cishet white people define themselves as the undefined, the norm from which every other human deviates...and then get all sad when they don't get their own flags and parades. They mock the idea that people with multiple minority statuses might wish for specific representation (see every sneering reference to "black disabled lesbians" and other such phrases), and then decide that they're being left out because a LEGO set that references the Progress Pride flag doesn't include a specifically Caucasian-colored minifigure (peach not being one of the colors in said flag).

Buddy.

Bruh.

Any of those minifigs except the black and brown ones can be read as white.* Any of them except, probably, the pink and white ones could be read as male.** The light blue and pink ones could be read as straight*** and any except light blue, pink, and white can be read as cis.**** So where exactly are you lacking representation?

*Black and brown are included in the Progress Pride flag specifically to represent people of color.

**Pink and white in the Trans Pride flag represent transfeminine and nonbinary people, so those are probably not male minifigures, though gender identity is a complex thing and we can't rule it out entirely.

***The original rainbow Pride flag was devised to represent non-straight orientations, and as the white stripe is for enbies, it's hard to say what "straight" means for them.

****Cis = not trans. So any minifig not of the Trans Pride colors is potentially cis.

[RaichuKing263]

26 minutes ago, Karalora said:

Poor cishet white people define themselves as the undefined, the norm from which every other human deviates...and then get all sad when they don't get their own flags and parades. 

We don't define ourselves as the norm sweatie, the bible does and most every other religion out there. And who said I was white? Are you attempting to be racist on an already heated forum about an already very political LEGO set?

[Vindicare]

5 hours ago, williejm said:

What is ‘actual homophobia’ then? Is it only physical violence, or being killed? Where are you drawing the line?

An actual hateful opinion. Not just a simple disagreement of a lifestyle. 

I see you just have to be right here, no matter what. So I’m done, I should’ve just stayed out of this thread like I have. There’s no getting through too many folks here. 

[Peppermint_M]

Kay, this is a site for LEGO. No one is playing nice. The argumentative have forced my hand.

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